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Introduction: Hypertension during pregnancy or pregnancy induced hypertension is a common medical condition that may cause maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Objectives of the study: The main objective of the study to assess before and after the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme regarding antihypertensive drug among Antenatal mothers. Methodology: The research approach used for this study was quantitative research approach. A pre-experimental design was adopted for this present study. By using convenient sampling technique, 50 antenatal mothers were selected for the present study. Results: The present study reveals that shows that before video assisted teaching, majority 4 (8%) of them had inadequate, 37 (74%) of them had moderately adequate and 9 (18%) of them had adequate score. After video assisted teaching. Conclusion: The study findings concluded that concluded that antenatal mothers had adequate knowledge after intervention. There is significance association between age and family history of hypertension level of knowledge regarding antihypertensive drug among Antenatal mothers where p<0.05.